"Dope with Lime"

In this episode, we speak with actress and director Brenda Bynum and documentary filmmaker Hal Jacobs about the creative work they have done on the life and work of Lillian Smith and on Smith's importance to them. Brenda Bynum worked, for years, with the Alliance Theater in Atlanta and taught in the theater department at Emory for seventeen years. She is the writer/director/performer of "Jordan is So Chilly," a one-woman show on the life of Lillian Smith. Hal Jacobs is a documentary filmmaker who wrote and directed, along with his son Henry, "Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence" in 2019. He has also done documentaries on Mary Hambidge, Common Good Atlanta, the Northside Tavern, and more. His most recent documentary is "Just Another Bombing?: This is Donal and Iona's Story" about "a little-known incident of the 1960s Civil Rights era. Iona Godfrey King and her son Donal Godfrey share their deeply moving account of surviving a Klan bombing of their home with three other family members on February 16, 1964, in Jacksonville, Fla." You can see "Jordan is So Chilly" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMore3yvgQ8 You can see "Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence" here: https://www.hjacobscreative.com/lillian-smith You can see "Just Another Bombing?" here: https://www.hjacobscreative.com/jax-bombing

In this episode, we conclude our series on Lillian Smith and Religion, examining the intersections of religion, race, class, gender, and sexuality. We are joined by Rev. Dr. Benjamin Boswell, pastor of Myers Park Baptist Church, Rev. John Harrison, pastor of Nacoochee Presbyterian Church, Dr. Jennifer Morrison, Assistant Professor of English at Xavier University Louisiana, Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt, and Rev. Annanda Barclay, co-host of the podcast Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech. We spoke about how Lillian Smith's work, for all of the "sorrowful story" that she relates, provides us with hope for the future. To learn more about Lillian Smith and our work at the LES Center, visit us at https://https://www.piedmont.edu/lillian-e-smith-center/

This is the part two in a five-part series examining Lillian Smith's thoughts on religion in relation to issues of race, class, and gender. We are joined by Rev. Annanda Barclay, co-host of the podcast Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech, and Rev. John Harrison, pastor of Nacoochee Presbyterian Church in Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia. In this episode, we speak with Rev. Barclay and Rev. Harrison about Lillian Smith's essay "The Three Ghosts" and Audre Lorde's "Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power." You can see Smith's essay here: https://library.piedmont.edu/c.php?g=521347&p=9040488 You can find Lorde's essay here: https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/11881_Chapter_5.pdf You can listen to Lorde reading "Uses of the Erotic" here: https://youtu.be/aWmq9gw4Rq0?si=bSiOoqfCpBlcry3Y You can find the Moral Repair podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moral-repair-a-black-exploration-of-tech/id1708625744

This is the part two in a five-part series examining Lillian Smith's thoughts on religion in relation to issues of race, class, and gender. We are joined by Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt, Rev. Dr. Benjamin Boswell, pastor of Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Rev. John Harrison, pastor of Nacoochee Presbyterian Church in Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Merritt, Rev. Dr. Boswell and Rev. Harrison about Lillian Smith's essay "Two Men and a Bargain" and Dr. Merritt's essay "The Southern Gap: Capitalism and Underdevelopment in the American South" You can find Dr. Merritt's essay here: https://aeon.co/essays/capitalism-and-underdevelopment-in-the-american-south

This is the part two in a five-part series examining Lillian Smith's thoughts on religion in relation to issues of race, class, and gender. We are joined by Dr. Jennifer Morrison, Assistant Professor of English at Xavier University Louisiana, Rev. Dr. Benjamin Boswell, pastor of Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Rev. John Harrison, pastor of Nacoochee Presbyterian Church in Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Morrison, Rev. Dr. Boswell and Rev. Harrison about Lillian Smith's essay "The White Christian and His Conscience" and Willie James Jennings' essay "Can White People Be Saved? Reflections of the Relationship of Missions and Whiteness." You can read "The White Christian and His Conscience" here: https://library.piedmont.edu/ld.php?content_id=55519594 You can find Jennings' essay in "Can 'White' People Be saved? edited by Love Sechrest, Johnny Ramírez-Johnson, and Amos Yong https://www.ivpress.com/can-white-people-be-saved

This is the first in a five-part series examining Lillian Smith's thoughts on religion in relation to issues of race, class, and gender. We are joined, in each of these episodes, by Rev. Dr. Benjamin Boswell, pastor of Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Rev. John Harrison, pastor of Nacoochee Presbyterian Church in Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia. In this episode, we speak with Rev. Dr. Boswell and Rev. Harrison about the Winter 1944-45 issue of Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling's journal "South Today." The issue, entitled "The Church and Men's Needs" explores their thoughts on religion and its role in society. It contains essays by Smith and Snelling as well as responses from clergy to a questionnaire that they sent out asking for respondents to address the role of the church in society. You can read the issue here: https://cdm17007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/Magazines01/id/265/rec/1

This episode is a small selection of recordings from the Laurel Falls Camp Collection Recordings, a collection of 105 digitized recordings from 78-rpm lacquer discs and magnetic tapes we discovered at the center. This recording will be part of a year-long exhibit on the life and work of Lillian E. Smith at the Mason Scharfenstein Museum at Piedmont University. The exhibit will debut on September 5, 2024. You can find the recordings here: https://tinyurl.com/466ht5x4 You can find more information here: https://library.piedmont.edu/lfcrecordings

This episode is a recording of "Celebrating Lillian E. Smith," an event that took place on March 20, 2024, at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art at Piedmont University. LES Center director Dr. Matthew Teutsch led a panel discussion on Smith's legacy and importance with Rev. Dr. Benjamin Boswell, Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt, and Dr. Jennifer Morrison. They engaged in a wide-ranging conversation about Smith's work, her pedagogy, and her role within the Civil Rights Movement.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Karen Cox, Professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of multiple books, including "Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture" and "Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture." Her current book project explores the Rhythm Club fire, which took the lives of more than 200 African Americans in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1940. Dr. Cox's work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, TIME magazine, Publishers Weekly, Smithsonian Magazine, and the Huffington Post. We speak with her about the United Daughters of the Confederacy, monuments, and her latest project on the Rhythm Club fire.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Michael Dando, Assistant Professor of Communication, Arts, and Literature at St. Cloud State University. Dando is an award-winning author, artist, educator, and scholar with over twenty years of experience in the classroom. His research and pedagogy explores ways that teachers and students collaborate with communities to create collective, civically engaged democratic opportunities for social justice. We speak about the ways that Lillian Smith's work, specifically her thoughts on pedagogy, correspond to Dando's pedagogical approaches, on the role of art in society, and more.

In this episode, we speak with Ravi Howard, Assistant Professor of English at Florida State University. Howard served on the Lillian E. Smith Center's Board. As well, he is an award winning author, receiving the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his 2008 novel "Like Trees, Walking." In 2015, he published "Driving the King." His work has appeared in Salon, The New York Times, and elsewhere. We speak about his time working with the LES center, the importance of literature in helping us understand history, and the role of art in society. You can learn more about him at ravihowardauthor.com

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Meredith McCarroll, an educator, author, and writing coach. Her work focuses on Appalachia, and her publications include "Un-White: Appalachia, Race, and Film" (UGA Press) and "Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy" (WVU Press). We speak about how McCarroll had to leave Appalachia to learn about it and Lillian Smith, her journey to activism, and the contentious definitions related to region. You can visit her on her website https://meredithmccarroll.com/

In this episode, we speak with artist and writer Tommye McClure Scanlin. She taught art for decades at the University of North Georgia, and is a world-renowned weaver. We speak with her about the importance of artist institutions on Northeast Georgia, her connection to the Lillian E. Smith Center, and the ways that the center has influenced her own art. Scanlin supports the McClure-Scanlin Visual Artist Residency Award, one of the four residency awards offered by the LES Center. If you'd like to donate and support these awards, please visit our website: https://www.piedmont.edu/lillian-e-smith-center/giving/ Or, you can email us at lescenter@piedmont.edu

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Kamala Dutt, Professor Emerita in the Department of Pathology at Morehouse School of Medicine. She has published three collections of short stories and one novella in Hindi and one poetry collection in English. She has had residencies at the Lillian E. Smith Center for over two decades. We speak about the intersections of literature and science, her memories of her time at the center, specifically her memories of Bill, Nancy, Robert, Pearl, and the Johns who make the center special for her, and much more.

In this episode, our director Dr. Matthew Teutsch explores the correlation between civil rights movements across the United States and the 1967 uprising in Newark. It delves into the socio-political climate, racial tensions, and police brutality that fueled the unrest, as well as the consequential aftermath. Furthermore, it highlights the crucial role of photographer Bud Lee in documenting the Newark uprising. Listen to our interview with Marie Cochran about the relationship between Lillian Smith and Martin Luther King, Jr. https://soundcloud.com/user-396382788-289349527/marie-cochran-dope-with-lime-ep-12?si=3cef4a6b61414493a585d1f36b8581a0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

In this episode, we speak with Aaron McMullin, the 2023 recipient of the Emily Pierce Graduate Student Residency Award. Aaron is completing her MFA at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and she is constructing the Legacy Quilt Project as part of her program. We spoke with Aaron about the Legacy Quilt, her time as a Fulbrighter in India, and about the impact of the residency on her work.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Mae Claxton, Professor of English at Western Carolina University. She teaches classes in Southern, Appalachian, and Native American literature, and her scholarship focuses primarily on Eudora Welty, but she has recently expanded her interests to Horace Kephart, Appalachian women writers, and the Native South. Her current project looks at Appalachian activist women writers of the 20th century, specifically Lillian Smith, Wilma Dykeman, Olive Tilford Dargan/Grace Lumpkin, and more. We spoke about her current project, Laurel Falls Camp, pedagogy, and much more.

In this episode, we discuss the LES Center's upcoming P-12 institute "The Civil Rights Movement and the Nine-Word Problem." This is an institute open for regional (Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina) educators to participate in a week-long program (June 12-16, 2023) at the LES Center with facilitators Dr. Rev. Benjamin Boswell, Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt, and Dr. Jennifer Morrison. Participants in the institute receive a $200 stipend and professional development hours. Applications are due May 1, 2023, and you can learn more about applying at www.lesp12.com. The second part of this episode highlights some of the records we found at the LES Center. We are in the process, thank to a Council of Libraries and Information Resources grant, of digitizing these recordings and creating tools for educators and scholars to access them and use them in the classroom. The recordings are from Laurel Falls Camp for Girls all the way to the 1960s.

In this episode, we speak with Sally Stanhope about. "The Civil Rights Movement in Northeast Georgia," last year's P-12 professional development institute at the Lillian E. Smith Center. We speak with her about what she took away from the institute and why she would encourage educators to attend this year's institute, "The Civil Rights Movement and the Nine-Word Problem." Stanthope has 18 years of teaching experience at various levels from elementary to undergraduate. Stanhope has also served in a variety of administrative roles including Academic Coach, Class Dean, and Service Learning Coordinator and at the Atlanta History Center designing virtual field trips. She now teaches at Chamblee High School, advocates for inclusive schools, and works with the Stone Mountain Action Coalition to free Stone Mountain Park from its Lost Cause legacy. You can find out more about this year's institute and how to apply at lesp12.com.

In this episode, we speak with Megan Butchart about the literary journal that Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling published from Screamer Mountain from 1936-1945. Megan is a recent graduate of the University of Alberta where she received her M.A. in English. Her thesis was "The Literary Activism of Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling's Little Magazine South Today." We spoke with Megan about the importance of the journal, the contributors, and how the journal got Smith and Snelling in trouble with law enforcement and the community. "Buying a New World With Old Confederate Bills": https://tinyurl.com/3spwy4kv "Evelyn Scott and Southern Background": https://tinyurl.com/yvtys4h4 Megan's research detailing individuals connected with the journal: Subscribers - https://arcg.is/1PSXiG0 Reader Essay Forum Respondents - https://arcg.is/19CP1T0 Contributors - https://arcg.is/0uCSu40

In this episode, we speak with Caden Nelms, a senior mass communications student at Piedmont University and host of Rolling Through Life, a podcast that focuses on disability awareness and the stories of Caden and his friends, and Dr. David Sells, Assistant Professor in the Department of Exceptional Childhood Education at Piedmont University. We spoke about disability awareness, access, and more.

This is a recording of the Lillian E. Smith Lecture Series Panel "Jim Crow, The Holocaust, and Today." We apologize about any moments where the audio may be unclear. In John A. Williams' Clifford's Blues, the protagonist Clifford Pepperidge is placed in Dachau in 1933 when the Nazis came to power. Originally from New Orleans and the United States, Clifford came to Europe to play music in the jazz scene, and he experienced freedom as a Black man. However, once the Nazis rose to power, he was arrested. Clifford writes in his diary from Dachau, “If you ain't for the Nazis, you're against them, and you wind up here. The South was like that. That's why I left.” Individuals such as Lillian Smith, Kelly Miller, William Patterson, and more saw the links between the Jim Crow South and Nazi Germany. They pointed out, as Morehouse student Henry E. Banks did in April 1933, following the Nazi boycott of Jewish business, the need “to condemn the racial policies of Hitler and oppose injustice wherever it is found” and to recognize the same impulses in the United States. James Q. Whitman, in Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law points out how Nazi lawyers used Jim Crow laws to inform the Nuremberg Laws and more. Through a panel discussion, “Jim Crow, the Holocaust, and Today” will explore the intersections between the Jim Crow South and Nazi Germany, discussing the historical context and also the importance of knowing this history for today. The panel will consist of Dr. Thomas Aiello (Professor of History and Africana Studies at Valdosta State University), Dr. Chad Gibbs (Director of the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies at the College of Charleston) and Dr. Jelena Subotić (Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University).

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jane McPherson, Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Director of Global Engagement at the University of Georgia. She conducts archival research exploring how local Georgia histories of charity and social work entwine with ideologies of white supremacy and capitalism, and asks questions about how these histories still echo in social work practice today. We discuss how Lillian Smith has impacted her social work research and scholarship, the importance of space and community, and about her residences at LES Center.

In this episode, we speak with Lauren Woods, the recipient of the 2022 McClure-Scanlin Visual Artist Residency Award. Woods is an Assistant Professor of Art & Art History at Auburn University. She is an artist whose practice and creative research explore the concept of mythic time. Artworks become a space to examine notions of nostalgia, desire, power, beauty, death, and embodied expression. Personal myth is developed visually across various mediums such as painting, video, and dance performances. We spoke about her work, the power of art, and her residency at the LES Center.

In this episode, we speak with the Dr. Audrey Clare Farley and Dr. Sara Moslener. Dr. Farley is a historian of twentieth century American fiction and culture. She is the author of "The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt." Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Washington Post, and many other outlets. Dr. Moslener is a professor of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University. She is the founder of the After Purity Project. We talked about Lillian Smith's influence on their work, the intersections of race, religion, and gender, eugenics, and much more.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Julia Brock from the University of Alabama and Dr. Stephanie Chalifoux from the University of West Georgia about their ongoing work at the Lillian E. Smith Center. Over the past few years, they have come to the center to catalogue the items at the center. This includes everything from books to silverware. We spoke with them about their work, Lillian's siblings, and much more. Dr. Brock mentioned finding a SNCC pin at the camp. It wasn't a SNCC pin; rather, it was a CORE (Conference of Racial Equality) pin.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jennifer Morrison, Assistant Professor of English at Xavier University where she teaches African American literature and other courses. We spoke with her about the importance of Lillian Smith, connections between Smith and Ernest Gaines, the importance of libraries, and much more.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Michael Bibler, Robert Peen Warren Distinguished Associate Professor at Louisiana State University. Recently, he taught a course at LSU entitled "Baldwin's Queer South," and students read Lillian Smith alongside Baldwin and other authors. We spoke with him about the intersections between Lillian Smith and James Baldwin, his recent course, and much more.

In this episode, we speak with Piedmont University students Julia DeMello and Montana Thomas. Julia and Montana were part of the chorus for the world premier performance of "How Am I to Be Heard?" and oratorio based on the life and work of Lillian E. Smith. In this episode, we speak with them about raking part in the oratorio, what they learned about Lillian E. Smith, and more. https://www.piedmont.edu/calendar_event/world-premiere-how-am-i-to-be-heard/

In this episode, we speak with speaking with L.J. Harrison. He marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, after graduating from college, he taught history in Stephens County and elsewhere, and he served for five years on the Toccoa City Commission for five years and as mayor of Toccoa. We spoke with him about the movement, the importance of teaching history, and Lillian Smith.

In this episode we speak with Siân Round, a PhD candidate in American literature at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses, as she puts it, on “little literary magazines in the US South in the 1920s and mid-40s and their relationship to the . . . Southern Renaissance.” As such, she has delved into Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling's work on South Today, specifically looking at how the magazine traces Smith's artistic trajectory in the lead up to the 1944 publication of Strange Fruit. We spoke with her about South Today, reading Smith and Snelling in England, and her research.

In this episode, we speak with Joan Browning. She was one of the white southern women who participated in the Freedom Rides in 1961. She took part in the final ride from Atlanta to Albany in December 1961. We spoke with her about her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, her introduction to Lillian Smith's work, and much more.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Tanya Long Bennett. She is a professor of English at the University of North Georgia and the author of “I Have Been So Many People”: A Study of Lee Smith's Novels. Recently, she returned from a Fulbright in Romania where she taught American Studies at the the University of Bucharest. She is the editor of Critical Essays on the Writing of Lillian Smith, and she teaches Smith regularly in her courses. Adrian Mîță, one of Dr. Bennett's students at the University of Bucharest. We spoke with them about teaching and reading Smith in Romania, Smith's artistry, and more.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt. She is a historian who focuses on issues of equality and poverty in America. Her book, "Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery is the Antebellum South" won the 2018 Bennett H. Wall Award from the Southern Historical Association. Along with Dr. Matthew Hild, she edited "Reconsidering Southern Labor History: Race, Class, and Power" the 2019 Best Book Awards winner from the United Association for Labor Education. She hosts the podcast Merrittocracy, and she is currently working on a Civil War documentary and a project on Lillian Smith. We speak with her about history, class, race, and Lillian Smith.

In this episode we speak with Julie Cohen, co-director, with Betsy West, of 2021's "My Name is Pauli Murray" and Dr. Patricia Bell-Scott, professor emerita of women's studies and human development and family science at the University of Georgia. She appears in "My Name is Pauli Murray" as well as Hal and Henry Jacobs' "Lillian Smith: Breaking the Science." We discuss the importance of Pauli Murray, her friendship with Lillian Smith, and more.

In this episode of "Dope with Lime," we talk about an anecdote from Lillian Smith's "Memory of a Large Christmas" (1962) where Smith's father invited 48 incarcerated men to eat Christmas dinner with his family. You can read the article in the latest issue of the LES Center's newsletter, "A View from the Mountain": https://issuu.com/piedmontjournal/docs/les_newsletter_f21_issuu To donate to the LES Center, you can do so here: https://www2.piedmont.edu/giving-les-center

In this episode, we speak with one of the first Lillian E. Smith Scholars, Emily Pierce. We discuss how she became an LES scholar, the impact that Smith has had on her thinking, and what she took away from the program.

In this episode, we speak with Anna Weinstein, Assistant Professor of Screenwriting at Kennesaw State University. She is editor for Rutledge's Perform Book series. She is currently working on an adaptation of Richard Chase's "The Jack Tales." She is also developing a limited series based on the life of Lillian Smith. We spoke about her residency experiences at the LES Center and her current project which focuses on Smith.

In this episode of "Dope with Lime," we discuss Lillian Smith's time as director of Laurel Falls Camp for Girls, the first first private camp for girls in Georgia. Her father started the camp in 1920, and Smith ran it from 1925 to 1948. If you or someone you know went to the camp, we'd love to hear from you. Please email us at lescenter@piedmont.edu

In this episode, we speak with two recent Lillian E. Smith Scholars, Madison Hatfield and Mike Adams. We discuss how they became LES scholars, the impact that Smith has had on their thinking, and what they took away from the program.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Will Brantley, Professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University. His book, "Feminine Sense in Southern Memoir" won the Eudora Welty award for interpretive work of scholarship in modern letters. In "Feminine Sense," Dr. Brantley looks at the autobiographic works of Lillian Smith, Zora Neal Hurston, Eudora Welty, Ellen Glasgow, Lillian Hellman, and Katherine Ann Porter. As well, he has written on the FBI's 134-page file that they kept on Lillian Smith and her activities. Today, we will speak with him about that file and its importance in our understanding of Smith's life and work.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Melanie Morrison. She is the founder and Executive Director of Allies for Change, “a network of anti-oppression educators who share a passion for social justice and a commitment to creating and sustaining life-giving all relationships and communities.” Currently, she is working on a manuscript entitled Letters from Old Screamer Mountain. Her mother, Eleanor, along with some friends stayed a weekend with Lillian Smith on Old Screamer Mountain in 1939, and that weekend “was an unforgettable turning point” in the eighteen-year old's life. Dr. Morrison's manuscript contains letters that she penned to her mother when she made a pilgrimage to the Lillian E. Smith Center for a residency in 2012. Today, we will talk about Allies for Change, the impact of Lillian Smith on Dr. Morrison and her mother, and more.

In this preview, Melanie Morrison talks about what her father said about Lillian Smith and her impact on her parents' lives.

In this episode, we speak with Sho Baraka. He is a rapper, activist, writer, husband, father, and more. We talk about art, creativity, and his book "He Saw That It Was Good." Sho Baraka has spent years traveling the world as a recording artist, performer and culture curator. He is well as an original member of internationally known hip-hop consortium 116 Clique and record label, Reach Records. His overseas work has ranged from leading seminars about race relations in South Africa to establishing artist hubs in Indonesia. He is a co-founder of Forth District and The And Campaign. He also taught a class at Wake Forest School of Divinity.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Monica Miller. She is an assistant professor of English at Middle Georgia State University. We talk about teaching Lillian Smith to adult learners, Smith's place within the Southern literary canon, Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," a much more. Dr. Miller is the president of the Flannery O’Connor Society and serves on the editorial advisory board for the Flannery O’Connor Review. Her book, Being Ugly: Southern Women Writers and Social Rebellion, explores the ways that Southern women writers such as Margaret Mitchell and Monique Truong “employ ‘ugly’ characters to upend the expectations of patriarchy and open up more possibilities for southern female identity.”

In this episode of "Dope with Lime," we speak with Paul Kendrick. Paul and his father Stephen’s recent book, Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and Win the 1960 Election, details King’s imprisonment in October 1960 during the Atlanta sit-ins and the effects that his arrest had on the 1960 presidential election. Rev. Otis Moss Jr., who took part in the sit-ins, calls Nine Days an “urgent, relevant, and historically accurate” book. Kendrick teaches at National Louis University in Chicago, he serves as the Executive Director of Rust Belt Rising, and he served in President Barack Obama’s White House Presidential Office. Today, we will talk with him about Nine Days, Lillian Smith’s connection to the events in October 1960, and more.

In this episode of "Dope with Lime," we speak with Dr. Rose Gladney, Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of Alabama. She has published extensively on the life and work of Lillian Smith including How am I to Be Heard? Letters of Lillian Smith and A Lillian Smith Reader which she co-edited with Lisa Hodgens. She has interviewed Paula Snelling, and Lillian’s relatives Esther Smith, Frank Smith, Annie Laurie Peeler, and Nancy Smith Fichter along with numerous former Laurel Falls campers. Today, we are going to talk to Rose about her work and Smith’s continued influence.

In this preview, Rose Gladney talks about why she keeps coming back to Lillian Smith's "The Journey" (1954).

In this episode of "Dope with Lime," I speak with the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Boswell. He is the pastor at Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC, and he is a former infantry officer in the U.S. Army. He also facilitates anti-racism training for whites entitled “What Does it mean to Be White?” Today, we will talk about Lillian Smith’s influence on his work, his anti-racism workshops, the connections between social justice work and religion, and Smith’s essay “The White Christian and His Conscience.”

In the next episode of "Dope with Lime" we speak with Rev. Dr. Benjamin Boswell about about Lillian Smith’s influence on his work, his anti-racism workshops, the connections between social justice work and religion, and Smith’s essay “The White Christian and His Conscience.”

On January 15, 2021, what would have been Martin Luther King, Jr’s 92nd birthday, we spoke with Marie Cochran at the LES Center. Marie is a visual artist, writer, and activist. She is the founding curator of the Affrilachian Artist Project which celebrates the intersections of cultures in Appalachia and highlights the unique perspective of people of African descent in the region. She is also the 2020-2021 Lehman Brady Visiting Professorship, at Duke University, Center for Documentary Studies and UNC–Chapel Hill, Department of American StudiesToday, we will discuss Martin Luther King, Jr., Lillian Smith, and Marie’s ongoing work.